A Gentle Landing | Rose J. Percy | Substack

"a place for keeping": writing as a practice of care

my writing praxis, part 1 (ft. a poem by Lucille Clifton)

Jan 21 •

making it work: on a vocation of softness

alt. title "how I made it my job to talk about rest" (ft. a poem by Sonia Sanchez)

Jan 15 •

Everyday Wonder Illuminated

Bearing witness

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permission to linger

Feb 5 • Rose J. Percy

dignity & depression

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mourning to morning:

Apr 24 • Rose J. Percy and Robert

soft-spoken truth-tellers

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light touches dark skin, too

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I've decided to waste my potential

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Embrace the call to land gently, stay sensitive and remember your humanity.

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mourning to morning:

on grief, softness, and Black male aliveness

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